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UNITED STATES HENRY H. GATES, OF EATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,474, dated July 12, 1887.

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To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. GATES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eaton Rapids, in the county of Eaton, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Upholstered Furniture, of which the following is a specification, refereuce being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in upholstered furniture, and has for its object to provide a sofa, lounge, set-tee, or other article of upholstered furniture wherein the upholstered. pads can be easily and rapidly applied to the furniture in the course of manufacture, or disconnected and removed for repair or the extermination of vermin, or for other causes; and to this end my invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth, and specificall y pointed out in the claims, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a sofa constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the baseframe, the seat-pad, back, and head-section removed; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the head-section; Fig. 4, a rear view of the back; Fig. 5, aperspective view of the pad-frame; Fig. 6, a perspective view of the seat-pad, and Fig. 7 adetail view illustrating the manner of fastening the back to the main frame.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A in dicates the base-frame of a sofa, comprising a rectangular frame, as usual, but having a closed bottom, a, consisting of a series of planks or slats secured to the under side of the frame. The upright sides a of the frame A are provided with a cleat or shoulder, 1), extending around the entireinterior of said frame and about midway between the top and bottom thereof, and this cleat or shoulder may be formed integral with the sides of the frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, or may be strips screwed or otherwise fastened to the frame, for the purpose hereinafter described.

B indicates a rectangular frame somewhat smaller than the baseframe A, and of asize to just set in or rest in said frame A, and the bottom edge of said frame B rests on and is supported by the cleat b. To this frame B is secured the seat-pad of the sofa, said pad consisting of the usual filling incloscd by the ordinary upholsteringgoods, and having a lining or backing, as usual, the whole being tacked or otherwise secured to the frame. This frame is preferably beveled at its top and bottom edges, the bevel at the bottom being inclined inwardly and at the top outwardly, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

By beveling the pad-frame at the top and bottom, as shown, the proper curvature is given to the pad at the top, and the bottom of the padframc will restdirectly upon the cleat b, and will not bear upon the cords or tapes 0, or the fasteuings employed for securing the said cords or tapes to the cleat.

0 indicates the springs, which may be of any of the usual constructions, and they are placed on the bottom a of the main frame, and cords or tapes 0 are passed across their tops from side to side of the main frame and securely fastened by tacks or otherwise to the cleats I).

From the foregoing description it will be seen that after the frame has been constructed the springs have only to be placed in position and the cords tacked in place and the upholstered pad laid in position over the springs and resting upon the'cleat b.

D indicates the removable head-section, provided with depending bolts (1, which are adapted to fit within corresponding bolt-holes or sockets, d, formed in the cleat b; and d d in dicate flat steel springs secured to the headsection, having perforations in their lower ends.

E indicates asteel spring, one being secured to the interior of each end of the main frame,

and having on its free end a stud or projec-.

tion, 6, which when the head-section is adjusted in,place enters the perforation in the end of the spring d, thus securely fastening the head-section in position.

F indicates the back of the sofa, andffindicate iron braces made substantially in the form of a right angle, one member of which is securely fastened to the bottom of the sofa, and the other member extends upwardly and at the back thereof, being concave on its inner surface--that is to say, on the surface facing toward the front of the sofa. To the rear side of the back F are securely fastened iron braces g g, and said braces are made convex on their rear sides to adapt them to fit between the rear of the back section of the sofa and the concave sides of the braces f f. Both the braces ff and the braces 99 are provided with threaded perforations f f g g, which when the back section is adjusted in place will register, and are adapted to receive screwbolts which will securely hold the back section in place on the sofa. f

h h indicate thumb-screws or threaded bolts Which pass through the head end of the back' into the rear side of the head-section, and I prefer to provide the head-section with screwthreaded sockets at the points where these I bolts or screws enter said head-section.

It will be readily understood that the main or base frame and the upholstered frame I have described may be employed in other articles of furniture besides sofas-such, for instance, as chairs,"sofa-bedsteads, benches, church-pews, and various other articles-and I therefore do not wish to restrict myself to sofas alone.

Having thus described my invention,whatI claim is- 1. The baseframe A, having a closed bottom, and the cleat b, in combination with the upholstered pad-frame B, resting on and sup ported by the cleat b, and the springs O, in-

terposed between the upholstered pad-frame B and the bottom a of the main frame, substantially as shown and described.

*2. In combination with the base-frame A,

liaving a closed bottom, and the cleat b, the

upholstered pad-frame B, resting on and supported by the cleat b, the springs O, interposed between the upholstered pad-frame B and the bottom a of the main frame A, and the cords or tapes a, passing over said springs and secured to the cleats b, all arranged and com structed substantially as shown, and-for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with the main frame having the perforated cleat b and the spring E, the head-section D, having the bolt d and the perforated spring (1, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

4. In combination with the main frame A, having the braces f secured thereto, the back F, having braces 9, said braces f and 9 having screw-threaded perforations adapted to register when in place andto receive screw-threaded bolts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. The base-frame A, having a closed bottom, and the cleat b, in combination with the upholstered pad-frame B, resting on and supported by the cleat b, said pad-frame B being outwardlybeveled at its upper edge and inwardly beveled at its lower edge, and the Springs 0, interposedbetween the upholstered pad-frame B and the bottom a of the main frame, substantially as shown and described.

,4 In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. GATES. Witnesses:

A. O. DUITON, ELMER TRAYER. 

